Tom Evans Will Not Defend His UTMB Title. No Champion Has Since 2009.
Evans said Thursday he will not start in Chamonix on Aug. 28. Kilian Jornet was the last man to win it two years running, and none of the 15 champions since has repeated.
Trail and Ultras
Nine Men Broke the Championship Record in Birmingham, and Amanal Petros Gets His Gold.
Petros ran 2:09:11 on Sunday to take 40 seconds off a mark that had stood since 2018, and the eight men behind him finished inside it as well. Alisa Vainio had won the women’s race by the largest margin it has produced.
Race Coverage
Why the European Championships Postponed Six Medal Ceremonies
Police said a man carrying the wrong accreditation was found inside Alexander Stadium at 8:15 p.m. Saturday, and that transport was suspended as a precaution. Athletes were still queuing two hours later, and some did not reach their hotels until 12:45 a.m.
Race Coverage
Habtom Samuel Runs the First Sub-31 in Falmouth History
Samuel won the 54th Falmouth Road Race in 30:53 on Sunday, taking 15 seconds off a course record that had stood since 2004. Behind him, Zouhair Talbi and Conner Mantz both ran faster than any American has on the course since 1982.
Race Coverage
Leon Baptiste’s Athletes Have Been Without Their Coach Since June
Baptiste, 41, won the Commonwealth 200m title in 2010 and now coaches Charlie Dobson and para-athletes. None of them have reached him since he left for a weekend in Morocco in June, and UK Athletics will not discuss the case.
Track and Field
Jakob Ingebrigtsen Calls Out Josh Kerr for Missing the European Championships
Jakob Ingebrigtsen says athletes who miss the majors are ruining the sport. Kerr won a Commonwealth title nine days before that was said, and World Athletics’ own scoring rates the mile he ran in July above both championships.
Jessy Carveth
Austin’s 24-Hour Treadmill Relay Fell 26 Miles Short of the Guinness Record
Wahoo says runners at an Austin brewery covered 210.2 miles on a single treadmill in a day. The Guinness title the event was billed under stands at 236.41 miles, and nobody involved has said whether a record was claimed.
Race Coverage
Every Track and Marathon Result From the Final Day of the 2026 European Championships
Amanal Petros finally struck marathon gold and Alisa Vainio won the women’s race, Georgia Hunter Bell took the 1500m, and Italy edged Great Britain by three-hundredths in the 4x400m to close the meet in Birmingham.
Track and Field
Conner Mantz Ends a 10-Month Layoff at the Falmouth Road Race
The American record holder has not raced since Chicago in October, when a sacral stress fracture ended his season and later cost him Boston. He makes his Falmouth debut on Sunday.
Race Coverage
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